The classic whodunit about the razor-sharp detective with a rumpled raincoat, a bumbling manner and no apparent first name. He always has 'uh, just one more question' before nailing the killer. `Columbo' premiered as an NBC series (following a couple of hi (more…)The classic whodunit about the razor-sharp detective with a rumpled raincoat, a bumbling manner and no apparent first name. He always has 'uh, just one more question' before nailing the killer. `Columbo' premiered as an NBC series (following a couple of highly regarded TV-movies) in September 1971 as one of three rotating `Sunday Mystery Movie' elements (`McMillan and Wife' and `McCloud' were the other two). It ran for six seasons and was revived periodically in TV films over the next decades.

Season 3, Episode 6 Mind Over Mayhem

First Aired: February 10, 1974

A scientist has a son who plagiarized a discovery, and a colleague who threatens to reveal the fact. The solution: murder the would-be informer. Cahill: Jose Ferrer. Columbo: Peter Falk. Margaret Nicholson: Jessica Walter. Neill Cahill: Robert Walker. Steve: Lee H. Montgomery.